New Printer??

[irboo]

I have a HP officejet printer,I suspect that my printerheads need replacing.....do I spend a £100 quid on new ones or put the money to a new printer?
I would welcome and appreciate any comments or suggestions please?

[MiniOwner]

My trusty old HP deskjet bit the dust last week. I have replaced it with a wireless HP deskjet 3050 and it is great. On offer at Tesco for £35.
Sue x

[Lacelady1]

My old HP died, and I replaced it with a Canon Pixma (sorry, will find the number later, I'm typing this in bed at the moment). I chose that because the old HP wouldn't handle card. This Canon does. I keep the card on the top, and the paper in the tray underneath, and can flip between the two. Printer was under £100 and there are loads of sets of ink on ebay too. I'm a happy bunny

[BathBelle]

Lacelady, what weight card does it take? Is it just a printer or scanner as well?

[JaneH]

Sadly, you can buy a new printer now almost as cheaply as the printer cartridges, much less printer heads! There are a lot of good printers out there for around £50.

When you look for a new one, consider that no one needs faxes any more, but do get one that scans and copies. I would definitely get a new printer rather than printer HEADS. A new printer will have new software and drivers plus some form of warranty (not usually spectacular, however, no matter how much you spend).

[irboo]

Thanks SO much ladies yes I do think I shall go down the road of a new printer,as you've all said weighing up the cost, it is a bit of a no brainer really Have just found a really good write up on an Epson,so may take a lookie at that?
Yes and as you mentioned JaneH nobody really uses a fax now,so that's something i'm not having to bother about

[glynisrose]

HP Deskjet 1050 at Asda for £29.99, ink costs £10 black and £13ish colour but there are many internet ink shops where you can buy a pack of one of each for about £15. Mine has a rear paper feed and takes 300 gsm card

[stitching lady]

Our Canon Pixma will take card of 350gsm. That is much heavier than most card that is around.

[Lacelady1]

Lacelady, what weight card does it take? Is it just a printer or scanner as well?

So far, I've only tried 250gsm, but I wouldn't be surprised if it took more, see Stitching Lady's comments. The card feeds through from the back, almost standing upright. Yes, it scans, so acts like a photocopier too. Mine was wifi but I did have a little problem getting that set up, so I bought a nice long lead from ebay and that set up suits me better. I'm not good with techie stuff so the lead bypassed the problem, though I doubt if it was the printer, it was more likely me not getting it right.